Using songs to teach some English vocabularies and structures for grade 6 students at Luan Thanh Secondary School INDEX Contents Page 1 Preamble 1 1 1 Reasons for choosing the theme 1 1 2 The purposes[.]
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1.1 Reasons for choosing the theme.
English has been chosen as the international language and many countries use the most It becomes the native language of more countries, the language of human beings’ communication worldwide
With the trend of international integration, Vietnam is increasingly promoting the availability of its all abilities in all fields Today, English plays an increasingly important role Therefore, Vietnamese education attaches great importance and puts the English program as a core subject in the education level courses in the education system
We also see the position of the course for the development of the whole society: as a tool to facilitate integration with the international community and the region, access to information and advance science and technology, access to other cultures as well as an important international event English program in secondary level to the formation and development of students with the knowledge and basic skills in English and intellectual qualities need further studying or traveling higher up into working life
As we see the magic of human beings is to use language not only to communicate but also to combine language sounds to create something that stirs the heart and mind that we called music Thus, in the native language teaching in general and teaching foreign languages - English in particular will be very interesting and effective if we use some songs fit into the specific class
I myself, in the position of a teacher of English in secondary school, through several years of working, I know the method characterized by their respective departments track I always research, improve the quality of teaching and studying English, especially with distant regions and with many difficulties
as Luan Thanh, a mountainous commune of Thuong Xuan district
I noticed at this psychology age, most of these children are very fond of singing, it was demonstrated in the details of their favorite music lessons Especially if they can sing a song in English language not only brings excitement of learning that language knowledge but it is also etched forever in their minds Because of these concerns, I have boldly choosen the theme, that
is: "Using songs to teach some English vocabularies and structures for grade 6 students at Luan Thanh Secondary School” in order to help students
learn and remember vocabularies together with new structures more easily
1.2 The purposes of research
From the current status of teaching new English vocabularies and structures over the years at secondary school where I am working, I have improved a positive teaching method appropriate to each lecture and student But the scale of this subject I have no ambition and not enough time to make all the methods of teaching and learning English vocabularies, with the hope that this approach can help the students learn, practice and hone another to make
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1.3 Subject of research.
Because of limited time, I just mentioned applies the method of teaching and revising new vocabularies and structures in a number of lessons in grade 6 for Luan Thanh secondary school’s students in this topic
1.4 Research methodology.
- Theoretical research methods: Research documents and curricula related
to research problems by means of analysis, synthesis, comparison to draw the theoretical issues-oriented nature as a basis for solving problems and tasks study
- Survey method: Find out the status of teaching and learning of teachers and students acquire specific knowledge in order to detect the problem to be solved, determine the popularity, in preparation for the next research step
- Conversational method: Talking to colleagues about the advantages and difficulties in teaching and using new methods available today
- Observation method: Through the project more time colleague, his own lessons in school, good teachers’ competitions at district and province to be able
to directly observe the situation of students Thereby, learnable ability to acquire all, capture knowledge through lectures Besides, learning receptive colleagues
in the district as well as other areas through the Internet and found out the limitations of teaching
- Test method evaluation: Through the lessons of myself, of positive test career and student surveys
2 Contents.
2.1 Theoretical background.
In current socialization, learning English is a huge demand of students, especially in the period of integration, the need to communicate in English is essential The goal of education is currently focused on the development direction of the dynamism, creativity and positive in order to enable students to identify and solve the problem for them How students can confidently apply an effective way the knowledge they have learned in their life? This is the goal that the education is always towards to
Stemming from the above requirements, we may find that the importance
of offering courses taught in English in education is undeniable But how can students acquire language in the most effective way, especially when catering facilities for teaching and learning this subject has not yet been fully met? This requires a lot of factors but the most important is still students’ passion to English and teachers must have appropriate, attractive and charismatic teaching methods to students
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Each the school's English Department has its own characteristics, causing amorous curiosity of many students learning but also inevitably cause difficulties dampened apprentice position Therefore, teachers must pay attention to all of students interested in learning English
Stemming from the point '' learner-centered '', methods of teaching and learning have made fundamental changes The teacher is not the only one who holds the knowledge and imparts knowledge that is only a guide, facilitator, mentor and checkers Learners no longer a passive acquisition of knowledge which is the center of the teaching process, initiatives and creativity in the learning process to achieve high results in learning and know how to apply in real life
General language teaching, teaching English in particular the renewal of teaching methods is crucial To master the language knowledge, implement 4 skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing was very difficult for them, especially for the 6th grade students to be acquainted with the discipline department Because they do not have many new vocabularies and structures to use
From the point on the use of appropriate songs for the lessons to help the students are extremely interested in the subject, especially help them much easier to memorize new words and structures
2.3 The solutions and implementation.
Basing on the above concerns, I thought and found out a number of measures for the implementation of the project
Firstly, I carefully selected the songs and did not use them widespread I considered the time of each lesson and students of each class to use a suitable song I borrowed the music songs may be familiar to children's Vietnamese music, the music can also be the English Children’s music or US such as
“Behold gold butterfly”, “If you're happy and you know it”, or the music that I have collected from textbook "English time 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6", or through the Internet On the other hand, I will change their words which are suitable to the content structure of sentences or vocabularies in each lesson Especially, after each song in the book, I can give it to them to replace the song with the vocabularies of the same theme, as this may help them create and expand vocabularies naturally
Secondly, I copied the entire lyrics of the songs and composed them into a song to teach in the order as arranged in the CDs
Thirdly, depending on the specific songs, I chose the right equipment so
as not to waste time preparing Sometimes, I used the projector for students to see the pictures vividly At times, only a set of mini speakers and USB, wired phone jack available, or a personal laptop and a personal mini speaker, or sometimes I did not use a device at all
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The method of using songs is really exciting for students, so the teacher should create the conditions for many children to participate in singing in front
of the class especially for the poor students We can call each group, each pair or each student to sing, then give them points for encouragement
We can also ask students to listen to the songs, together with singing along, performing the movements following the melody of the songs
Depending on the knowledge in the songs, it is necessary to deliver the songs at the suitable time of the lessons, may be at the beginning of the period,
in the middle or in the end of each lesson Here are some examples that I have successfully applied
- Example 1: Unit 1: Greeting
To review or practice for students the greetings, name question, or question about one’s health, I used the following songs:
“The hello song”
Hello, hello, hello!
What's your name?
Hello, hello, hello!
My name is Nam
My name is Nam
Hello, Nam Hello, Nam!
Hello Basing on the below song, students turn in turn to sing his/her name in order to drill and sample salutation name questions
Hello, hello, hello!
What's your name?
Hello, hello, hello!
My name is Lan
My name is Lan
Hello, Lan!
Hello, Lan!
Hello
After that, I let students listen to the song “How are you?”
Hello, Peter How are you?
I’m fine, thank you How are you?
Thank you , Peter I’m fine, too
Let’s go to school together
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Thank you, Miss Hoa, we’re fine
- Example 2: Unit 1: B Good morning.
I used the song: “Good morning”
Good morning
Good morning to you
Good morning to you Good morning dear children
Good morning to you
Good morning to you Good morning to you
Good morning dear teacher Good morning to you
Then I got them replacing the lyrics on the phrase with “Good afternoon; good evening or good night" to practice the greetings
- Example 3: Unit 1: C How old are you?
Students listen to the tape all the number from one to twenty, they repeat
at the second listening, the third one, I let them listen to this song They can sing
along, clap the hands and jump up at the end of each sentence of this song:
“Let’s count from one to twenty”
One, two, three, four, five, jump
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jump
One, two, three, four, five, jump
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jump
Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, jump
Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, jump
Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, jump
Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, jump
- Example 4: Unit 2: A Come in
I used the song "Open your book" to perform the movements illustrated
below:
Open the book (Use two hands to open the book.) Close the book (Use two hands to close the book.) Open the door (Use one hand to open the door.) Close the door (Use one hand to close it.)
Open the bag (Use one hand to open the folder) (open horizontally) Close the bag (one hand using paired horizontally) (as opposed to open)
Open the window (Use two hands to open the windows) (such as exercise hand movements.)
Close the window (Use two hands to close the window) (as opposed to open.)
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After teaching how to pronounce all the letters from “a” to “z”, I let
students listen and sing the song “The alphabet song”, then I called some
students to sing the song in front of class
“The alphabet song”
A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V
W X Y Z Now I know my ABCs
- Example 6: Unit 3: At home (A3,4,5)
I used the song "The family song", I encouraged students to replace the
words of family members similar to these:
a/ Who’s he? He’s my father Who’s he? He’s my brother
Who’s he? He’s my grandfather
This is my family
b/ Who’s she? She’s my mother Who’s she? She’s my sister
Who’s she? She’s my grandmather
This is my family
…
- Example 7: Unit 3: C Families
I used the song “Two kind doctors”, I let the students listen to the song once, I divided class into groups and gave them the pictures of different jobs The second listening, I replaced the lyrics with different words, students of the groups listened to the name of the group of occupations, they had to raise the right picture
Two kind doctors meet in a land (students raised this picture) Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?
Two kind farmers, meet in a land, (students raised this picture) Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?
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Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?
Two kind of teachers, meet in a land (students raised this picture) Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?
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How are you? How are you? How are you again?
Two kind students, meet in a land (students raised this picture) Hello, hello, What's your name?
How are you? How are you? How are you again?
We can use variety of different vocations to make a long but easy-understanding song
- Example 8: Unit4: C: Getting ready for school.
So as to teach students some daily activities, I used the song:
“This is the way we go to school”
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Go to school, go to school
This is the way we go to school
So early in the morning
This is the way we brush our teeth Brush our teeth, brush our teeth This is the way we brush our teeth
So early in the morning
…
I asked students to use other vocabularies (such as: wash my face, have breakfast, get dressed, take a shower…) to change the above song
- Example 9: Unit 5: C Classes.
I used the song: “How many days in a week?” to help students practice
the days in a week as well as revise the question of time
How many days in a week?
How many days ? How many days ? How many days in a week?
Sunday, Monday Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday
What time is it?
What time is it?
It's six o'clock
It's time to get up
What time is it?
It's six fifteen
It's time for breakfast
What time is it?
It's six forty-five
It's time for school
- Example 10: Unit 9: The body
I used the song "Ten fingers on my hands”, then they replaced the
lyrics with words such as the following:
Ten fingers on my hands, on my hands, Ten fingers on my hands, on my hands, (Students sing out with spreading ten fingers, clap their hands)
Two eyes, one nose all on my face (pointing to the eyes, pointing
to the nose then pointing to the face)
Ten fingers on my hands, on my hands